i6o Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [Charles Eleonor] Dufriche de Valaze. 



1784. January 14. Paris, 



Asks for an audience that he may present Franklin with a copy of 

 a work entitled " Lois Penales," which he has dedicated to the brother 

 of the King [Comte de Provence] ; desires Franklin to forward a copy 

 to Congress. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XXXI, 26. 



Fro ?/2 Cha[rle]s Thomson. 1784. January 15. Annapolis. 



Treaty of Peace ratified by Congress. Account of various inquiries 

 he has made at Franklin's request. Measures proposed for the payment 

 of debts contracted during the war. Praise for Col. [David Salisbury] 

 Franks. XXXI, -27. 



Printed, in part, in Works (Sparks, X, 56; Bigelow, VIII, 430). 



From Treuttel. 1784. January 15. Strasbourg. 



Desires to be the first to present Franklin with a copy of the American 

 Almanac, undertaken at Berlin; sends it by M. [Conrad Alexandre] 

 Gerard [de Rayneval] ; is open to any order for it which Franklin 

 may send him. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXI, 28. 



Frorn Dupin D'assarts. 1784. January 15. Paris. 



Account of his miserable situation with no work and a wife and four 

 children to support; begs Franklin for a small loan. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XXXI, 29. 



From Charles Grosett. 1784. January 17. Brunswick. 



Laying before Franklin his plan for the establishment in America 

 of a superfine cloth, cashmere and frieze manufactory; one hundred 

 Protestant emigrants, qualified for different parts of the business, are 

 willing to embark with him ; desires to know whether such an establish- 

 ment would be welcome and what encouragement it would receive. A. 

 L. S. 4 p. XXXI, 30. 



From Vicomte de Toustain-Richebourg. 1784. January 17. Paris. 



As a member and Corresponding Secretary of the Societe Patrio- 

 ttque-Bretonne, is deputed to inform Franklin of the highly flattering 

 testimonials rendered to his and Gen. Washington's qualities at their 



